[karloil]

i hate seeing this news

 

 

 
joined the drop and goodbye "should be" extra money...but i think i can still cancel my order...i'll give it a day and see how fate would intervene.

 

[TexasBuck]

I'm in.  I'm not a big fan of IEM's but I use them for travel and occasionally at work.  This should be a huge upgrade from my 5+ year old HiFiMan RE0's.  If I don't like them, I'm sure I can sell them at or close to my cost.  I don't think I'm risking much here.

 

[ngohieu191]

Can anyone compare these to the Senn IE80? they have same price

 

[Buddhahacker]

Just joined the drop.  We'll see in three months how they sound.  Hopefully, they are similar to the Savant. 

 

[FullCircle]

  I'm in.  I'm not a big fan of IEM's but I use them for travel and occasionally at work.  This should be a huge upgrade from my 5+ year old HiFiMan RE0's.  If I don't like them, I'm sure I can sell them at or close to my cost.  I don't think I'm risking much here.

 
 
 
 
Thanks fellow Texan   

 

[Vodkamelon]

Another IEM I want to try after K10 and Savant. So definitely join the drop

 

[modic]

Did you guys order the lighting cable?
It seems not so useful.
We all should use an amp instead of direct plugging in a phone.

 

[FenW]

  Did you guys order the lighting cable?
It seems not so useful.
We all should use an amp instead of direct plugging in a phone.

Could @FullCircle shed some light on the specs of the lightning cable? I've seen people asking whether there are inline DACs and whether there is a Type C option. I'm not familiar with this new stuff at all tbh.

 

[earthling]

​I ordered the lightning cable, primarily because I don't always have my dac/amp with me.   

 

[shotgunshane]

Did you guys order the lighting cable?
It seems not so useful.
We all should use an amp instead of direct plugging in a phone.

The cable will have its own dac/amp inside, and at any rate, the X doesn't require external units to sound great.

 

[Rmaza]

Well that was much easier than getting the HD6xx.  Unfortunately now I have to wait to try these out.  Good thing Ill have the HD6xx soon to plug into my Valhalla 2.  
 
I wonder what the Noble X will sound like running off the Valhalla 2 or DX80?   Anybody have any thoughts on this?

 

[gtb75]

I don't use IEMs very often, but I am contemplating these.  I am currently using Audio Technica IM70s (which I discovered here) and have been very happy with them.  I assume these would be in a completely different zip code?  For what it's worth, I look at the IM70s as an IEM version of my T50RP MK3s in my current headphone lineup.  That being said, I would assume the Noble X would be like the X00 then?  

Can anyone who has / has heard either the IM70s or the some of the better Audio Technica IEMs weigh in as to what improvements I'd be hearing with the Noble X?  

 

[FullCircle]

The cable will have its own dac/amp inside, and at any rate, the X doesn't require external units to sound great.

 
 
No, the cable is just a cable, there is no DAC/Amp or control buttons.   Basically the primary function is a direct connection to the i-phone without the need for an adapter

 

[shotgunshane]

No, the cable is just a cable, there is no DAC/Amp or control buttons.   Basically the primary function is a direct connection to the i-phone without the need for an adapter

Edit: That would mean there would need to be analog pass through on an iOS device, since that's not been documented as part of the lightning spec (that I know of) there has to be a small dac/amp/adc chip in the lightning connector cable.

 

[modic]

Gotcha, so it won't work with an iPhone 7 but will work with all the previous iPhones?

Yes for the original cable.
 
The optional lighting cable is for iPhone 7